How to Use OpenClaw with Trello — AI-Powered Board and Task Automation

OpenClaw + Trello: Your AI-Powered Project Board

Trello's visual kanban boards are great for task management. OpenClaw makes them smarter — your agent can create cards, move them between lists, add comments, and trigger board updates based on real-world events. Customer signs up? Card created. Bug reported? Card in the Backlog. Release shipped? Card moved to Done.

Setup: Get Your Trello API Credentials

Go to trello.com/app-key to get your API key, then generate a token:

TRELLO_API_KEY=your_api_key
TROLLO_TOKEN=your_token

Add to ~/.openclaw/.env. Find your board and list IDs from the Trello API:

curl "https://api.trello.com/1/members/me/boards?key=$TRELLO_API_KEY&token=$TRELLO_TOKEN"

Create a Trello Skill

# ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/trello/SKILL.md

## Create Card
curl -X POST "https://api.trello.com/1/cards" \
  -d "idList=$LIST_ID&name=$TITLE&desc=$DESC&key=$TRELLO_API_KEY&token=$TRELLO_TOKEN"

## Move Card
curl -X PUT "https://api.trello.com/1/cards/$CARD_ID" \
  -d "idList=$NEW_LIST_ID&key=$TRELLO_API_KEY&token=$TRELLO_TOKEN"

## Add Comment
curl -X POST "https://api.trello.com/1/cards/$CARD_ID/actions/comments" \
  -d "text=$COMMENT&key=$TRELLO_API_KEY&token=$TRELLO_TOKEN"

## List Cards in a List
curl "https://api.trello.com/1/lists/$LIST_ID/cards?key=$TRELLO_API_KEY&token=$TRELLO_TOKEN"

Add Board Context to TOOLS.md

### Trello Boards
- Product Board: board_id=xxx
  - Backlog list: list_id=aaa
  - In Progress: list_id=bbb
  - Done: list_id=ccc
- Bug Tracker Board: board_id=yyy
  - New Bugs: list_id=ddd

Automated Trello Workflows

Bug Report → Trello Card

When a user reports a bug in Slack or via webhook, your agent creates a Trello card automatically with the full bug description, labels it with priority, and assigns it to the relevant list — zero manual entry.

Sprint Planning Digest

openclaw cron add \
  --name hex-trello-digest \
  --schedule "0 9 * * MON" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Get all Trello cards in In-Progress list, count by label, post sprint status to #saas"

Release Checklist Automation

Before each release, your agent generates a Trello checklist card from your standard release template, assigns due dates, and moves it to In Progress. After the release, it marks all checklist items done and archives the card.

Webhook-Driven Updates

Use Trello webhooks (Power-Ups → Webhooks) to POST card events to your OpenClaw gateway. Your agent can react: card moved to Done triggers a Slack notification, card assigned triggers an email to the assignee.

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